Professor Sir John Baker FBA

Law
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1984
Subjects
Law
Sections
Law

Current post

Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Downing Professor of the Laws of England

1998 -

University of Cambridge Emeritus Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge

1998 -

University of Cambridge Professor of English Legal History

1988 - 1998

University of Cambridge Reader in English Legal History

1983 - 1988

Publications

Introduction to English legal history 1971

The legal profession and the common law 1987

The English legal tradition 2001

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Judith Freedman FBA

Taxation law and policy; corporate and business taxation; small business law, employment and taxation; large business tax compliance, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility; interaction between tax law and accounting

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Professor Anthony Ogus FBA

The economic analysis of law, with a particular focus on regulatory law

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Professor Kenneth Reid FBA

The law of property, both in Scotland and as part of European private law; doctrinal legal history, especially of the 18th and 19th centuries; law reform; mixed jurisdictions

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